MED302A

VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: The infectious diseases clerkship features an active inpatient service at Stanford Hospital, which averages two to four new consults per day. As a consulting specialty service within the Department of Medicine, participants are able to see a wide variety of community-acquired and nosocomial infections. Particular emphasis is placed on clinical and diagnostic reasoning, as well as in developing a good working knowledge of antimicrobial agents and a rational approach for their use. The training and teaching opportunities are rich because of the case mix (medical, surgical, ICU) and broad patient populations that are seen at Stanford Hospital. The service is supervised on a daily basis by the infectious diseases fellow, who will work closely with students rotating on the clinical service. Students attend daily patient rounds, weekly infectious diseases conferences, and may attend other research or patient-care conferences at Stanford. The infectious diseases fellows' team room, L-134, is located in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine home office on the first floor of the Lane building. PREREQUISITES: MED 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full time for 4 weeks, 2 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Jenny R. Aronson, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Maria Pilar Pfeiffer, pilarpf@stanford.edu, 408-849-7332. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: On the first day of the rotation, page the Stanford general infectious diseases fellow through the Stanford page operator at 650-723-6661; Time: 8:00 AM. CALL CODE: 1. OTHER FACULTY: Staff. LOCATION: SUMC.